Recently-announced partnerships want to use big data to improve patient outcomes and lower costs; clinical laboratory test data will have a major role in these efforts
In the race to use healthcare big data to improve patient outcomes, several companies are using acquisitions and joint ventures … [Read more...]

Researchers have found that isolating a particular gene within the oral microbiome can reveal a huge amount of useful diagnostic information about a person’s health
Most people don’t think of dental plaque when they think about clinical laboratories. For the vast majority of people, the only … [Read more...]

Sequencing this new DNA standard reference material enables medical laboratories to verify if their DNA test results are accurate
To reduce the variability in genetic test results that has been observed across different clinical laboratories and pathology groups, the National Institute for … [Read more...]

National Health Service agency admits to releasing information on 700,000 patients who opted out of nation’s new centralized medical-information database
In the United States, the debate is ongoing about how healthcare data is used while at the same time protecting patient privacy. The outcome of … [Read more...]

Payment reform unlikely to require legislation or raft of new regulations, but shift to value-based payment model will cost clinical labs and pathology groups
Today there is wide recognition in healthcare that the days of fee-for-service (FFS) medicine are numbered. But what is less certain is … [Read more...]

HDL also got approval to question executives from UnitedHealthcare in court over unpaid claims, its third dispute with a health insurance company
Following a string of major setbacks, Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL) of Richmond, Virginia, put itself up for sale last week. This action comes … [Read more...]

Researchers sequenced the entire genomes of 2,636 Icelanders and gained useful insights into how human genes evolve and mutate
Over the past 15 years, Iceland has managed to be at the forefront of genetic research tied to personalized medicine and new biomarkers for diagnostics and therapeutics. … [Read more...]